11th South Carolina Infantry
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- Also referred to as (Heyward's) 9th South Carolina Infantry
- July 1861 - Organized
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- Known as the 9th South Carolina Infantry throughout 1861
- November 7, 1861 - Port Royal [three companies]
- May 3, 1862 - Regiment reorganized
- June 6, 1862 - Port Royal Ferry [Company I detachment]
- July 4, 1862 - Port Royal Ferry [Company I detachment]
- August 21, 1862 - Pinckney Island [detachment]
- October 22-23, 1862 - Coosawhatchie
- April 9, 1863 - Destruction of the George Washington near Beaufort [Company I]
- May 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Pope's Island [detachment]
- June 2, 1863 - Combahee River [three companies]
- June 4, 1863 - Expedition from Fort Pulaski, Georgia to Bluffton, South Carolina
- July 30, 1863 - Expedition to Barnwell's Island
- August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
- May 9, 1864 - Swift Creek
- May 12, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- August 21, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
- September 30, 1864 - 2nd Fort Harrison
- January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina (November 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (November-December 1861)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (December 1861-June 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 4th Military District of South Carolina (June-July 1862)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina (September 1862-September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Subdivision [five companies] (July-August 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / 1st Subdivision / Hagood's Brigade (September 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Eastern Division / Hagood's Brigade (October 1863-January 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina [Company G] (October 1863-January 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina [Company E] (October 1863-February 1865)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 2nd Military District of South Carolina [Company C] (December 1863-January 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Hagood's Brigade (January-April 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / District of Florida (April 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (May-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (October-December 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (December 1864-March 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Army of Tennesee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: William C. Heyward (Colonel)
- Robert Campbell (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Daniel H. Ellis (Colonel)
- Frederick H. Gantt (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- John J. Gooding (Major)
- John J. Harrison (Major)
- Allen C. Izard (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William Shuler (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Benjamin B. Smith (Jr.) (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Hagood, Johnson, Memoirs of the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 81, 83)